A tracking system employs magnetic resonance signals to monitor the position and orientation of a device such as a catheter within a subject.

Charles L. Dumoulin, Steven P. Souza, Robert D. Darrow

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Patent Number: US 5271400 A

Filing Date: 1992-04-01

Publication Date: 1993-12-21

Status: Expired – Lifetime

Current Assignee: General Electric Co

Applicants: General Electric Co.

IPC/CPC Classifications: A61B5/055;;A61B5/06;;A61B5/0

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